Tony Lewis
Mathematician, Person
1942 –
Who is Tony Lewis?
Anthony John Lewis MBE is a mathematician who, along with Frank Duckworth, developed the Duckworth-Lewis method of resetting targets in interrupted cricket matches.
Lewis received degrees in mathematics and statistics from Sheffield University in the 1960s. In January 2008, he retired as a lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods from Oxford Brookes University. He was formerly a lecturer at the University of the West of England where the Duckworth-Lewis method originated from an undergraduate final-year project. He is also a former chairman of the Western Operational Research Discussion Society and was a keynote speaker at the Second IMA International Conference on Mathematics in Sport in 2009.
Lewis was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
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- Born
- Feb 25, 1942
Bolton - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- University of Sheffield
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on July 23, 2013
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